Understanding the Window of Tolerance - Pt. 2
Parents, too, can experience narrowing windows of tolerance, just like their kids with brain-based differences and fragile nervous systems.
A Letter to the Parent Who Didn’t Expect Parenting to be This Hard
You might never have imagined how challenging it could become, at times, to parent your unique child. I’ve been there, too.
Reconsidering What It Means to Be Resilient
Resilience is not a personal characteristic that you either have or you don’t. Resilience is something that can grow stronger over time.
Tending Both Sides of the Parenting Coin
There are “two sides of the coin” in our unique parenting experience. One side is about our children, but the other is all about the parent.
Supporting Siblings in a Chaotic Space
How we support the siblings in our family begins with the lens through which we view our child with challenging behaviors.
The Neurobehavioral Model
A brain-based approach to parenting kids with brain-based differences I vividly remember a time in my life that I now refer to as the...
Finding the Time
The impact of caregiver trauma on our emotional, spiritual and physical health has serious consequences if not taken seriously. But how do y
Managing the Toll of Caregiver Trauma
A few months ago, a client who is the mother of a child with significant behavioral challenges came to meet with me. We’d been meeting...
Grappling with Grief
“Grief is like surfing. Sometimes you feel steady and you’re able to ride the waves, and other times the surf comes crashing down on you,...
